When Nazanin, an Iranian-born designer with a life carved by resilience and beauty, met Adam, a London-born economist with a soul steeped in art, a powerful collaboration began to take shape.

They met among canvases, textiles and conversations at the Tomorrow's Tigers exhibition in London, featuring rugs created by artists like Ai Wei-Wei. She explained that she was from Iran, and he described how—as a student—he had once extensively explored the country of her birth. What followed was not just a friendship, but a meeting of minds, bound by a shared reverence for art.

In October 2024, they founded Maison Nazanin—a house born to speak through silk, to carry stories not in words but in weave. After much research and months of work, and many trial printings on different silks, they were ready to launch their first collection in October 2025.

Maison Nazanin is more than a fashion house. It is a movement of quiet rebellion. A reclaiming of softness as strength. It seeks not just to adorn, but to evoke—born from distant lands, diaspora dreams, and decades of devotion to beauty.

Born in London, Adam began his studies in architecture at Cambridge, only to follow deeper currents into philosophy and economics at the LSE. His career unfolded across continents—from the halls of the UK Treasury in London to the financial complexities of the IMF in Washington, from the streets of Cairo to consultations across the Middle East and Europe, and thence to Oxford.

But Adam’s true compass was always art. A long-standing presence at the Royal Academy of Arts, he spent years immersed in its communities, serving on its committees and cultivating friendships with the artists shaping tomorrow—including Nazanin.

In co-founding Maison Nazanin, Adam brings not only his refined eye and intellect, but a belief: that beauty, when born of truth, can transcend time and place.